resume.json

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  "basics": {
    "name": "David (Jiachen) Weng",
    "label": "Product Engineer & Creative Technologist",
    "email": "thedavidweng@gmail.com",
    "summary": "Product engineer and creative technologist in Vancouver. I build things that look good and work well, from brand identities to open-source apps. I maintain projects across stacks (Tauri + Rust, Go, Rust + egui) with a local-first, agent-friendly design philosophy. My work spans product strategy, full-stack development, AI-integrated workflows, and visual design. Co-Founder of OwO Network, LLC.",
    "location": {
      "city": "Vancouver",
      "countryCode": "CA",
      "region": "British Columbia"
    },
    "profiles": [
      {
        "network": "Website",
        "username": "thedavidweng.github.io",
        "url": "https://thedavidweng.github.io"
      },
      {
        "network": "Portfolio",
        "username": "davidweng.eu.org",
        "url": "https://davidweng.eu.org/"
      },
      {
        "network": "LinkedIn",
        "username": "thedavidweng",
        "url": "https://linkedin.com/in/thedavidweng"
      },
      {
        "network": "GitHub",
        "username": "thedavidweng",
        "url": "https://github.com/thedavidweng"
      }
    ]
  },
  "work": [
    {
      "name": "BC + AI Ecosystem",
      "location": "Vancouver, BC",
      "position": "ContentOps & Graphic Designer",
      "url": "https://bc-ai.ca",
      "startDate": "2025-11-01",
      "summary": "Lead visual content operations for a growing AI community in British Columbia.",
      "highlights": [
        "Designed 50+ branded assets for social media, events, and presentations reaching 3,000+ cumulative viewers",
        "Managed multi-platform content publishing workflow across LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube, maintaining brand consistency across 3 channels",
        "Collaborated with stakeholders to translate AI ecosystem initiatives into compelling visual narratives for diverse audiences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "OwO Network, LLC",
      "location": "Wyoming, USA",
      "position": "Co-Founder",
      "startDate": "2025-04-01",
      "summary": "Technology company providing network acceleration services, AI-powered solutions, and comprehensive IT services for modern businesses.",
      "highlights": [
        "Co-founded and operate a technology company delivering network acceleration and AI-powered solutions to a global user base",
        "Oversee business operations, product direction, and open-source community engagement across the organization's projects"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "UBC Student Housing and Hospitality Services",
      "location": "Vancouver, BC",
      "position": "Resident Advisor",
      "url": "https://vancouver.housing.ubc.ca",
      "startDate": "2023-08-01",
      "endDate": "2025-08-01",
      "summary": "Planned and delivered community programs for a residence community of 1,500+ students.",
      "highlights": [
        "Designed and executed 12+ residential programs per academic year, engaging 25-60+ attendees per event",
        "Facilitated cross-cultural co-curricular programming (Mahjong Night, Around the World in Games, Wear Your Pride) promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion among diverse resident populations",
        "Designed and distributed monthly community newsletters, improving resident awareness of available resources and upcoming events",
        "Coordinated with Resident Life team, campus services, and external partners to deliver educational resource events connecting students with financial literacy and support services",
        "Administered weekly duty shifts including late-night safety rounds, enforcing campus policy and emergency response protocols for a community of 1,500+ residents"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Citang",
      "location": "Shanghai, China",
      "position": "Writer & Editor",
      "startDate": "2022-12-01",
      "summary": "Create, contextualize, and curate internet culture content with cultural commentary for a bilingual audience.",
      "highlights": [
        "Created and contextualized internet culture content, driving 150,090 views on a single post and contributing to 5,000+ follower growth over 6 months",
        "Curated and annotated meme content with cross-cultural commentary, serving bilingual (CN/EN) audience needs"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "volunteer": [
    {
      "organization": "UBC Media Studies Student Association (MSSA)",
      "position": "Treasurer",
      "startDate": "2023-05-01",
      "endDate": "2025-04-01",
      "summary": "Managed all financial activities for the student association.",
      "highlights": [
        "Administered budget, applied for grants, tracked expenses, and reported financials to executive team"
      ]
    },
    {
      "organization": "UBC Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA)",
      "position": "Vice President Media",
      "startDate": "2024-04-01",
      "endDate": "2025-04-01",
      "summary": "Led media strategy and visual communications for one of UBC's largest cultural student organizations.",
      "highlights": [
        "Directed social media strategy and visual content production for events serving 1,000+ UBC students",
        "Coordinated with executive team to promote cultural programming, driving event attendance and community engagement"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "education": [
    {
      "institution": "University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign",
      "url": "https://illinois.edu",
      "area": "Management",
      "studyType": "Master's",
      "startDate": "2026-01-01",
      "courses": []
    },
    {
      "institution": "University of British Columbia",
      "url": "https://ubc.ca",
      "area": "Media Studies (Minor: Asian Area Studies)",
      "studyType": "Bachelor",
      "startDate": "2021-09-01",
      "endDate": "2025-05-01",
      "courses": []
    }
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      "name": "Engineering",
      "keywords": [
        "Rust",
        "Go",
        "TypeScript",
        "React",
        "Tauri",
        "egui",
        "SQLite",
        "Cobra",
        "Next.js",
        "TanStack"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "AI & Local Inference",
      "keywords": [
        "ONNX Runtime",
        "MLX",
        "Demucs",
        "ACE-Step",
        "Agent-Friendly CLI Design",
        "Prompt Engineering",
        "AI-Assisted Design"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Content & Design",
      "keywords": [
        "Graphic Design",
        "Video Production",
        "Content Strategy",
        "Brand Identity",
        "Photography",
        "Visual Storytelling"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Tools & Platforms",
      "keywords": [
        "Adobe Creative Suite",
        "Figma",
        "Remotion",
        "DaVinci Resolve",
        "Vite"
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Operations & Management",
      "keywords": [
        "Event Planning",
        "Project Management",
        "Budget Management",
        "Team Leadership",
        "Social Media Management"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "languages": [
    {
      "language": "English",
      "fluency": "Professional working proficiency"
    },
    {
      "language": "Mandarin Chinese",
      "fluency": "Native speaker"
    }
  ],
  "interests": [],
  "references": [],
  "projects": [
    {
      "name": "OpenMusic Series",
      "description": "Open-source, local-first music tools with on-device AI inference and no subscriptions.",
      "highlights": [
        "OpenKara: karaoke stage for your owned library with AI stem separation, synced lyrics, and AirPlay casting",
        "OpenLoop: local AI music generation from text prompts and lyrics; agent-first CLI with NDJSON streaming for automation pipelines"
      ],
      "keywords": [
        "Open Source",
        "Rust",
        "Tauri",
        "AI",
        "Local-first",
        "Agent-friendly"
      ],
      "url": "https://github.com/thedavidweng/OpenKara",
      "roles": [
        "Creator & Lead Developer"
      ],
      "type": "application"
    },
    {
      "name": "Agent-Friendly CLI Tools",
      "description": "Go command-line tools designed for AI agent orchestration across LMS, research, finance, and photo management.",
      "highlights": [
        "Stable JSON output, predictable exit codes, and distinct stdout/stderr for reliable machine consumption",
        "Safety gates on mutation commands with read-only and dry-run modes; single static cross-platform binaries"
      ],
      "keywords": [
        "Go",
        "CLI",
        "Agent-friendly",
        "Open Source"
      ],
      "url": "https://thedavidweng.github.io/site/",
      "roles": [
        "Creator & Lead Developer"
      ],
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  "publications": [
    {
      "name": "\"Transcending Barriers: Viewing Practices of 'Games of Thrones' in China, India, and Russia\"",
      "publisher": "Beacon: UBC Journal of Media Studies",
      "releaseDate": "2024-06-01"
    }
  ],
  "awards": [
    {
      "title": "UBC Faculty of Arts Student Research Grant",
      "date": "2024-04-01",
      "awarder": "University of British Columbia"
    }
  ]
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